re: Sugar is like crack. How to stop eating it

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Oh really?
Well it got me from sugar to no sugar.
I would say it’s good advice considering I lived it.

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only a matter of time until you’re back to eating sugar because you’re still eating shite that is a substitute, wishing it was the real thing (that is unhealthy anyway, sugar or not)

Here’s info on Coke Zero, which he listed: LINK

Info on Sucralose (Splenda), also listed: LINK

Ok going to teach you something, when you read things like this and it doesn't lost a citation, that means it is an opinion and there are no studies that prove this

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For some people, it may raise blood sugar and insulin levels. It may also damage the bacterial environment in your gut, but this needs to be studied in humans.

The safety of sucralose at high temperatures has also been questioned. You may want to avoid cooking or baking with it, as it may release harmful compounds.

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This means it was observation only, in other words no proof and the real cause could be that they ate more calories than They burned

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One 8-year observational study found that people who drank more than 21 artificially sweetened beverages per week almost doubled their risk of overweight and obesity, compared with people who didn’t consume these kinds of drinks

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How did it note this if it was an observation study you may ask......well it was based on self reporting. Self reporting has been proven to be off by as much as 50%. Completely unreliable.

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The same study noted that total daily calorie intake was lower in individuals who drank diet beverages despite their increase in weight. This suggests that artificial sweeteners may influence body weight in other ways than calorie intake

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Now let's see what it says when the study was controlled

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In one 6-month, randomized, controlled study, people with overweight or obesity experienced moderate weight loss of 2–2.5% of their body weight when replacing caloric beverages with diet beverages or water

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Wait....that can't be, the participants lost weight? WTF, I thought it was unhealthy?


Ok so to conclude, healthline is not studies. It is articles, opinions...complete horse shite.

correlation and observation is not a study and doesn't equal causation.

It still stands that artificial sweeteners, especially sucralose, has been studied extensively and has been determined to be completely safe. Is it better than water? No not close. But is not unhealthy either when consumed in reasonable quantities.

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Here it is -

just stop eating the shite. It provides zero nutrients and causes physical problems i.e. dental, if overdone.

Otherwise, I could care less if it is scientifically proven to be addictive anymore

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Oh I agree. Pretty much my point from the beginning. But no I was talking about sugar substitutes being "terrible for you"

I ended up going the very low carb route, pretty much zero sugar. If I want a late snack, gonna be sugar free peanut butter on celery, beef jerkey, or pork skins. I chase it though at times with the Knob creek or vodka of some type.